الرياض ,المملكة العربية السعودية

fitrah

Question 178: What is the ruling on the circumcision of girls? If it is permissible, at what age should they be circumcised? What is the Islaamic way to do it? I have a 9 year-old girl whom I want to circumcise. Can I do it while she is at this age?

Answer: Circumcision is one of Sunan-ul-Fitrah (natural hygiene), according to the Hadeeth narrated by ‘Aboo Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) in the Two Saheeh (authentic) Books of Hadeeth (i.e. Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Five practices are characteristics of Fitrah (natural disposition): circumcision, shaving the pubic region, plucking the armpit hair, clipping the nails and cutting the moustaches short.… read more here.

Question 548: What is the ruling on non-Muslim children who die in childhood? Will they be admitted to Paradise or Hellfire?

Answer: The non-Muslim children in this world fall under the same ruling as their fathers; but as for the Hereafter, the correct scholarly opinions in this regard are two:

The first is that they will be put through the test of whether or not they will accept Islaam. They will be called to embrace Islam; whoever accepts will be saved and admitted to Paradise, whereas those who refuse will dwell in Hellfire… read more here.

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Question 547: What is the ruling on non-Muslim children who die in childhood? Will they be admitted to Paradise or Hellfire?

Answer: The non-Muslim children in this world fall under the same ruling as their fathers; but as for the Hereafter, the correct scholarly opinions in this regard are two:

The first is that they will be put through the test of whether or not they will accept Islaam. They will be called to embrace Islam; whoever accepts will be saved and admitted to Paradise, whereas those who refuse will dwell in Hellfire… read more here.